Erratum: Outdoor air pollution and uncontrolled asthma in the San Joaquin Valley, California (J Epidemiol Community Health (2010) 64 (142-147) DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.083576);Outdoor air pollution and uncontrolled asthma in the San Joaquin Valley, California

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-147

  Meng, Ying Ying ^a   Rull, Rudolph P ^b,c   Wilhelm, Michelle ^d   Lombardi, Christina ^a   Balmes, John ^e,f   Ritz, Beate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; MORBIDITY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SYMPTOM;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75249086563     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.083576corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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